Oblivion Dust

Oblivion Dust
Origin	Japan
Genres	Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock
Years active	1996–2001, 2007–present
Labels	Cutting Edge, Motorod, Avex Trax, Nayutawave
Associated acts	Fake?, Atom on Sphere, Vamps, hide with Spread Beaver, Spin Aqua, Mega8Ball, Anna Tsuchiya
Website	obliviondust.net
Members	Ken K.A.Z Rikiji
Past members	Derek Forbes Matt Garrett Taka Furuton Masaru

Oblivion Dust is a Japanese rock band first active from 1996 to 2001, they reunited in 2007. Although they were originally largely influenced by early 90's American grunge bands, since reuniting their music has become straight alternative rock. They stand out in the Japanese scene as most of their songs are written and sung in fluent English.

In May 1995 the band Addict of the Trip Minds stopped activities due to differences in the direction of the band. The drummer Taka Motomura (who played on the self-titled album Addict of the Trip Minds in '94) and the bassist Derek Forbes (who had joined the band a short while ago) decided to form a new band and take a "western style". In late '95 they recruited Kazuhito "K.A.Z" Iwaike as lead guitarist and in early '96 recruited Ken Lloyd as vocalist and (in the beginning) guitarist. They started to make songs and went to Los Angeles to record their first album (which wasn't released until the following year) with Ray McVeigh (The Professionals, Zilch, Wild Crash 500, etc.) as producer (he would also be the producer of their second and third album), but once recording of the album was completed Derek Forbes dropped out of the band and was replaced on bass by Koozie "Jer Koozie" Johns as support member in a few shows from mid 1996 until the end of that year, then he left the band and was replaced by Matt Garrett as an official member. Soon after, thanks to the help of hide, they signed with alternative label, Cutting Edge, a label owned by the Avex Group. The name of the band was changed to Oblivion Dust in September 1996, with their debut under this name in November 1996.

In January 1997, they released their first single entitled "Sucker". March witnessed the release of their second single "Numb". In April the group toured the West Coast of the United States with a series of 10 concerts. In May, they managed to release one more single and in June their first full-length album entitled Looking for Elvis. In July, they returned to the West Coast of the United States to play 10 more concerts and Matt Garrett left the band. In September they had their first Japanese tour consisting of a total of 11 shows and 5 extra shows in October.

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